Sunday, 12 February 2012

Book Review (52).


The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer (Mara Dyer #1)

Thursday, 9 February 2012

Feature And Follow Friday (15).


Q: What would your prefer: reading your favorite book over and over again until you got sick of it OR reading 100s of mediocre books? And why?

I would pick reading my favourite book over and over, because you can never have too much of a good thing.

10 Book Covers With.....

Gorgeous Dresses.


O.k so I thought I'd try something new, I was inspired by the Listopia lists on Goodreads and thought I might take this idea and do them on my blog, I don't know how often I'll do them, or if they'll be at all interesting to anyone.
These are in no particular order.


From doing this list I realised I like poofy dresses that have long trains, I think I'm living in the wrong era!











Tuesday, 7 February 2012

Australian Vs. U.S.A. Book Covers.

Choker

Australian.
American.


Waiting On Wednesday (8).

Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly event hosted by Breaking The Spine where you can spotlight an upcoming release that you're eagerly anticipating.

Touch of Death

Jodi Marshall isn’t sure how she went from normal teenager to walking disaster. One minute she’s in her junior year of high school, spending time with her amazing boyfriend and her best friend. The next she’s being stalked by some guy no one seems to know.

After the stranger, Alex, reveals himself, Jodi learns he’s not a normal teenager and neither is she. With a kiss that kills and a touch that brings the dead back to life, Jodi discovers she’s part of a branch of necromancers born under the 13th sign of the zodiac, Ophiuchus. A branch of necromancers that are descendents of Medusa. A branch of necromancers with poisoned blood writhing in their veins.

Jodi’s deadly to the living and even more deadly to the deceased. She has to leave her old, normal life behind before she hurts the people she loves. As if that isn’t difficult enough, Jodi discovers she’s the chosen one who has to save the rest of her kind from perishing at the hands of Hades. If she can’t figure out how to control her power, history will repeat itself, and her race will become extinct.


The Unnaturalists

In an alternate London where magical creatures are preserved in a museum, two teens find themselves caught in a web of intrigue, deception, and danger.

Vespa Nyx wants nothing more than to spend the rest of her life cataloging Unnatural creatures in her father’s museum, but as she gets older, the requirement to become a lady and find a husband is looming large. Syrus Reed’s Tinker family has always served and revered the Unnaturals from afar, but when his family is captured to be refinery slaves, he finds that his fate may be bound up with Vespa’s—and with the Unnaturals.

As the danger grows, Vespa and Syrus find themselves in a tightening web of deception and intrigue. At stake may be the fate of New London—and the world.


Slated (Slated #1)

Kyla's memory has been erased, her personality wiped blank, her memories lost forever.
She's been Slated.
The government claims she was a terrorist, and that they are giving her a second chance - as long as she plays by their rules. But echoes of the past whisper in Kyla's mind. Someone is lying to her, and nothing is as it seems. Who can she trust in her search for the truth?




Saturday, 4 February 2012

In My Mailbox (15).


In My Mailbox Is A Weekly Meme Hosted By Kristi The Story Siren.

Review.
The Shiny Guys - Doug MacLeod (Penguin Australia)

Pre-Order.
Fallen In Love (Fallen #3.5) - Lauren Kate
Life Eternal (Dead Beautiful #2) - Yvonne Woon
Angel Fire (Angel #2) - L.A Weatherly
Darker After Midnight ( Midnight Breed #10) - Lara Adrian
Diabolical (Tantalize #4) - Cynthia Leitich Smith
Lenobia's Vow (House Of Night Novellas #2) - P.C Cast & Kristin Cast

Brought.
Entangled - Cat Clarke
Steel - Carrie Vaughn
Original Sin (Personal Demons #2) - Lisa Desrochers
Remembrance (Transcend Time Saga #1) - Michelle Madow
Vengeance (Transcend Time Saga #2) -  Michelle Madow












Book Review (51).


Fated (Fated #1)

Pages: 320
Genre: Paranormal
Age Appropriate: Young Adult
Price: $16.99

My Thoughts.
I wanted to read this book long before it was released and had been on my wishlist for a really long time and boy was I excited when I got my hands on a copy and I wasn't disappointed and I will definately be checking out Sarah Alderson's previous book.
Evie is just your normal typical seventeen year old girl, so she thinks, after the death of her father she works two jobs to help support her mother and herself and it's while working at one of her jobs at the diner doing the nightly close up taking out the rubbish that she is ambushed by beings that are not quite human.
She is saved by a customer who had offered her another job and who she finds out is a Hunter just like her and just like her biological parents who died saving her life, she discovers that the Brotherhood (a group of different demons ) are out to kill her before she comes into her full powers and completes her part in a prophecy.
Lucas who is  half human, half  Shadow Warrior (he's able to turn invisible in shadows) works on the side of the Brotherhood offers to go undercover to get close to Evie and then kill her, but what he doesn't plan for is to fall in love with her and betray the Brotherhood.
One thing that Lucas does want is revenge against Victor (who is training Evie) because he was resposible for the death's of Lucas' parents.
I loved the different species of supernaturals we have our usual vampires (they are called Thirsters in this book), shapeshifters, mixens and scorpios, in this world they are called the unhumans.
I loved the characters and the slow developed romance between Evie and Lucas and I definately can't wait to read more about this world and it's characters.
I give this 4/5.
A Big Thanks To Caroline @ Simon And Schuster Australia.